911 briefs -- Published Dec. 15, 2012

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Dec 15, 2012 at 12:01 AM

SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office has warned residents of county communities to be alert for a scam in which people going door-to-door appear to be posing as magazine subscription sales representatives.

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SAN ANDREAS - The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office has warned residents of county communities to be alert for a scam in which people going door-to-door appear to be posing as magazine subscription sales representatives.

The Sheriff's Office said that on Tuesday, several residents of San Andreas reported that people who appeared to be in their late teens and early 20s knocked on their doors and claimed to be selling subscriptions to earn points in some kind of sales contest or to go to college.

In one case Tuesday, a resident reported giving $69 to a person who was supposed to return in an hour with details on the sale. The victim said the person did not return.

Then on Wednesday, residents on Daphne Street in Valley Springs reported similar incidents involving magazine sales. Deputies searched the area but did not find the supposed salespeople.

The Sheriff's Office advises that the scam may involve a very detailed pitch in which the perpetrators claim they are raising money for an overseas trip for their school or to go to college, or for some other worthwhile-sounding goal. The scammers also may say they are in a contest and are being judged on how well they do in their presentations.

"Most consumers that end up giving their money away for those subscriptions will never receive a magazine or see their money again," the Sheriff's Office statement said.

STOCKTON - An armed man robbed a store about 11:05 p.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of East March Lane, authorities said.

A 43-year-old man working at the store said he was approached by a man with a silver handgun, police said. The robber pointed the gun at the clerk, demanded money and fled on foot when the clerk complied, authorities said.

The robber was described as 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds with a black and white flannel hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black and white Jordan brand tennis shoes.